Place Names Register Extract
Mount Packard
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| Name |
Mount Packard |
| Type Designation |
Hill |
| Place Id |
15680 |
| Place Type |
Feature |
| Status |
Historical |
| Date Registered |
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| Location (Datum GDA94) |
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Latitude:
-13° 36' S
(Decimal degrees -13.60877) |
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Longitude:
131° 55' E
(Decimal degrees 131.92624) |
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| Locality / Suburb |
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Burrundie |
| Local Government Area |
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Victoria-Daly Shire Council |
| History/Origin |
G.G.McLachlan, most likely named this mountain just east of Allamber Springs after Harrison D. Packard, a surveyor colleague of his. Packard and his wife were at Escape Cliffs in 1865 and later at Palmerston (now Darwin) when the town was established in 1869. |
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